re: Some College Baseball regional projections

quote:Anyone think the NCAA will go to a new system were an extra week is added and you would play 3 game series to advance to Omaha? ESPN announcers were talking about it last night and it seems like that would be good for college baseball.

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/3/13 at 3:30 pm to Broski)

quote:I hope not, I like the 4 team double elimination regionals.

Skip and the ESPN guys were saying that 3 game series are what teams are built to play since thats what they play all year. It makes sense, but the thought of playing a 3 games series vs. what would be a 4 seed in the current regional format just isn't that compelling.

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/3/13 at 3:32 pm to DEANintheYAY)

quote:Skip and the ESPN guys were saying that 3 game series are what teams are built to play since thats what they play all year. It makes sense, but the thought of playing a 3 games series vs. what would be a 4 seed in the current regional format just isn't that compelling.

Exactly, the format doesn't always produce the best team, but it's the most exciting.

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/3/13 at 3:49 pm to DEANintheYAY)

quote:Anyone think the NCAA will go to a new system were an extra week is added and you would play 3 game series to advance to Omaha? ESPN announcers were talking about it last night and it seems like that would be good for college baseball.

I think it could happen and here's why:

32 first round sites, 16 second round sites, and 8 third round sites = 56 opportunities for the NCAA to make money.

Now we have 16 regionals and 8 super regionals = 24 sites.

The NCAA is all about the $$ and it would give them a chance to "level" the geographic baseball landscape by allowing more northern teams like Pittsburgh or Indiana a chance to host a round or two.

Granted 2 out of 3 is how the weekends are set up now. But do you really want to see a 2 out of 3 series vs. Jackson St, UL-Monroe or Southern in the first round?

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/3/13 at 4:02 pm to Broski)

ULL fans are salivating at this prospect. A chance to upset LSU at the Box in a Regional. Not saying this would happen because ULL is a young team but it is Baseball and Stony Brook showed us anything is in the realm of possibility in Baseball. Oh the horror if this would happen being an LSU fan living in Lafayette.

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/3/13 at 4:03 pm to teeMike)

quote:ULL fans are salivating at this prospect. A chance to upset LSU at the Box in a Regional. Not saying this would happen because ULL is a young team but it is Baseball and Stony Brook showed us anything is in the realm of possibility in Baseball. Oh the horror if this would happen being an LSU fan living in Lafayette.

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/4/13 at 2:30 am to DEANintheYAY)

quote:Skip and the ESPN guys were saying that 3 game series are what teams are built to play since thats what they play all year. It makes sense, but the thought of playing a 3 games series vs. what would be a 4 seed in the current regional format just isn't that compelling.

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/8/13 at 10:20 am to teeMike)

With the way our guys have been hitting the ball, I would really enjoy going to a regional in Baton Rouge. They are leading the country in home runs and are really dangerous and fun to watch if you are a Cajun fan.

re: Some College Baseball regional projections (Posted on 5/8/13 at 10:22 am to teeMike)

quote:ULL fans are salivating at this prospect. A chance to upset LSU at the Box in a Regional. Not saying this would happen because ULL is a young team but it is Baseball and Stony Brook showed us anything is in the realm of possibility in Baseball. Oh the horror if this would happen being an LSU fan living in Lafayette.